Since the recent flurry of betas the laser from the laser designator has become significantly misaligned with respect to the optics. Potentially this is related to #13143, but I think the current problem is much more significant, and potentially breaks a number of mods and missions that rely on this functionality (it certainly breaks the rangefinder functions within ACE).

Attached are three images 1.59.81921 (the ones with beta in their name) and three images from stock 1.59. These are all taken at dusk from the East end of desert looking back toward the central hill. You can clearly see the divergence of the laser spot from the sight in the betas, while the two remain properly centered without the beta.

OBS:When running a beta running the laser from the laser designator is not aligned with the sight

EXP:The laser spot should stay at the center of the designator sight

REPRO:Place an actor equipped with a designator on the East side of Desert, set time to dusk (to facilitate seeing the laser spot). Look back at central hill with designator active and slowly pan down toward your feet. Observe the motion of the spot relative to the reticle.

Strange. What I have seen was even a lot worse misalignment - the laser dot was projected right beneath my feet, making it absolutely unusable. This is fixed in 82503 and I see no misalignment now. I hope this fixes your problem as well.